The Environment Agency (EA) has issued 31 severe flood warnings, signalling a risk to life, although many of the rivers involved were predicted to have reached peak levels.

They include:

River Ribble at Ribchester, Area A

River Wyre at St Michaels South

River Wyre at St Michaels North

River Calder at Whalley, Area A

River Calder at Whalley, Area B

River Calder at Whalley, Area C

River Calder at Brighouse

River Calder and Hebden Water at Hebden Bridge

River Calder at Eastwood, Callis Bridge and Charlestown

River Calder at Todmorden

River Calder and River Ryburn at Central Sowerby Bridge

River Calder and River Ryburn at Sowerby Bridge

Walsden Water at Walsden and Todmorden

River Calder at Central Mytholmroyd

River Calder and Cragg Brook at Mytholmroyd

River Aire at Knowsthorpe, Thwaite Gate and Stourton

River Aire at Canal Wharf between Bridge End and Crown Point Bridge, including the Brewery

River Aire at Sovereign Street, The Calls and Clarence Dock

River Aire at Cardigan Fields Leisure Park and Kirkstall Works between Viaduct Road and City Gate

River Aire at Neptune Street - British Waterways car park

River Aire at Cardigan Trading Estate

River Aire at Central Leeds including Sovereign Street and Asda House

River Aire at Neptune Street

River Aire at Savins Mill Way

Osbaldwick Beck at York - Osbaldwick and Tang Hall

Tang Hall Beck at York - Tang Hall

River Foss at Huntington and York

Osbaldwick Beck at York - Beckside Properties

Tang Hall Beck at York - Beckside Properties

River Foss at Huntington Road and Foss Island

River Ribble at Ribchester, Area B

Hundreds of flood warnings and alerts are still in place across England and Wales.

The Met Office was forecasting ice in parts of Scotland today but no further weather warnings were in place.

The River Aire, in Leeds, was predicted by the EA to have reached "record levels" at 11pm last night, with nine severe flood warnings in place.

Trouble: There is widespread flooding in Littleborough after heavy rainfall (Image: Steve Searle/WENN.com)

Residents in York city centre, Huntington, Tang Hall, Osbaldwick and Foss Island were advised to start moving valuables to upper floors and to prepare to be evacuated.

The EA said pumps in the Foss Barrier were at risk of electrical failure due to water entering the building and a decision had been taken to lift the barrier.

York City Council said an emergency meeting had been held and the River Ouse was expected to peak at more than 5 yards above normal summer levels on Monday afternoon.

Record levels were also reached in the River Calder catchment area. The EA said river levels were now expected to fall but there was still an ongoing risk.

About 10,000 homes in Rochdale and Lancashire lost their electricity supply on Saturday after a main substation was damaged and another 3,000 homes in North and West Yorkshire were also without power.

Tragic: A car underwater as the River Calder bursts its banks in Mytholmroyd, North Wales (Image: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Electricity North West warned that some properties may be without power until Monday.

Hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes in Lancashire and Calderdale, West Yorkshire, as soldiers were drafted in to help with the flooding.

In Lancashire, the Fire and Rescue Service - which was forced to evacuate a flooded fire station in Padiham - said it had been called out to around 350 incidents and rescued 50 people during the floods on Boxing Day.

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Todmorden, in Calderdale, was completely cut-off by flood waters and emergency services had to rescue a man from a car after he drove into deep flood water in Mytholmroyd.

Areas of Greater Manchester, including Salford, Bolton, Bury, Rochdale and Wigan, were badly affected by flooding, with more than 300 flood-related calls to the fire service in 24 hours.

A 200-year-old former pub, which sits on a bridge over the River Irwell, in Summerseat, Greater Manchester, was swept away in raging waters, while a gas explosion in Radcliffe was believed to have been caused by the flooding.

A pothole on the M62, which appeared between junctions 19 and 20 near Rochdale, closed the westbound carriageway and, in north Wales, some drivers were forced to abandon their waterlogged cars.

People were warned not to drive unless necessary and rail passengers in Yorkshire were also advised not to travel today, with multiple railways lines either closed or at risk of closure in the wake of the severe flooding.